Wales based Debenhams stores spared the axe as twenty-two stores look set to close
Debenhams stores based in Wales have been spared the axe temporarily as the giant retailer launches its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), which will see at least 22 of its underperforming stores close by 2020 placing 1200 jobs at risk. Debenhams…
Appeal for witnesses following sexual assault in Barry
SOUTH WALES Police is appealing for information following a sexual assault which happened in Barry, at around 3.30am on Sunday, (Apr 21). A woman, aged in her 30s, was walking along a path in the area known locally as Chicken…
No Easter rave thanks to police and partners
CLOSE partnership working between Dyfed-Powys Police, Gwent Police, Natural Resources Wales, local authorities, Brecon Beacons National Park and LandMarc saw off three raves this Easter. 23 potential sites across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys were patrolled over the bank holiday…
Police appeal for witnesses to RTC at Coryton Interchange
SOUTH WALES Police is appealing for witnesses following a collision at the Coryton Interchange in Cardiff shortly before 3am today (Friday, April 26). The driver of a silver-coloured Citroen C3 SX, a man in his 70s, sustained serious injuries in…
MAWWFRS support Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Week
MID and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) Be Water Aware campaign. The week-long campaign runs from 29th April – 5 May 2019 and is a national campaign which aims to highlight…
Wales News Online launches Scientific Survey of the people of Wales
It is always nice to have a letter. When I say always, it might be stretching it a little. Of course those household bills and tax demands are to be avoided at all costs. With a bit of luck, the…
Huge explosion at Tata rocks Port Talbot
A huge explosion at Tata’s Port Talbot works is said to have ‘rocked’ the town in the early hours of this morning, Friday (Apr 26). In a statement issued earlier South Wales Police said: “South Wales Police is currently in…
Fire fighters rescue seven dogs from house fire
On Wednesday, 24/04/2019 at 08:36pm, crews from Knighton, Presteigne and Llandrindod Wells, along with a crew from Clun (Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service) attended a property fire in Rhos y Meirch, Knighton. On arrival, firefighters rescued seven dogs from a…
Welsh sex offender arrested in Brighton
A Welsh sex offender who had been wanted by police since 2017 has been arrested by police in Brighton. In a statement South Wales police said: “South Wales Police can confirm that wanted sex offender, Ian Campbell, 40, was arrested…
Five arrested in New Road ‘drugs bust’
FIVE people have been arrested and police have seized a large quantity of drugs following a drugs raid on a property in Llanelli. In a statement Dyfed-Powys Police said: “A misuse of drugs act warrant was carried out at a…